Nursing-bottle holder



UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST J. *BATTY, OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

NURSING-BOTTLE HOLDER.

Application filed September 18, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST J. Barry, a citizen of the United States, and resident of East Providence, in the county of Provi dence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Nursing-Bottle Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for nursing bottles, and has for its object to provide a very simple, efficient and inexpensive device for supporting a nursing bottle within easy reach of an infant and to yieldably hold the same so that it may be readily moved by the hands of the infant and tipped to the proper angle to deliver the contents into its mouth.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the frame, showing the same in position to straddle the body of an infant.

Fig. 2+ is an edge view of the frame. showing the bottle yieldably supported in the saddle thereof and adapted to be tipped to the desired angle.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the frame which is preferably construct d of wire, the upper portion of which is curved inwardly to form a saddle-portion 11. At the ends of this 'addle-portion the wire is bent into a coil to form eyes 12. T he side portions are then bent to extend down ward to form legs 13 spaced apart sufficiently to straddle the body of the infant, as illustrated by dotted lines at 14. The lower end of one leg is bent into the form of an eye 15 while the end-of t 16 opposite leg is bent into hook form as at 16.

cross bar 17 is looped into the eye 15 at one end and is adapted to slip into the hook 16 in the opposite leg to secure the two legs together beneath the body of the infant. The operating end of this bar is provided with a loop 18 to form a handle and prevent excessive spreading of the legs.

In order to retain the bottle 19 in the sad dle, I have provided a yieldable member preferably constructed in the form of a coil Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1920. Serial No. 324,394.

spring 20, one end 21 of which is hooked into the eye 12, while the opposite end 22 is adapted to be removably hooked into the opposite eye 12, whereby the bottle is yieldably retained in the saddle and the nipple end of the bottle may be readily engaged by the hands of the infant to tip the bottle down at the desired angle to reach to its mouth and deliver the contents thereinto.

The device is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction and is very eflicient in its operation. It may be very readily positioned and adjusted about the body of the infant and is fiexibily or yieldably supported thereby. l-Vith this device it is impossible for the infant to lose the bottle while in use or to throw it away after having finished its meal, thereby avoiding the possibility of breaking the bottle and also effectually avoiding any possibility of the infant injuring itself by manipulating the same.

The foregoing description is directed solely toward the construction illustrated, but I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being de fined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A holder for nursing bottles, comprising a wire frame folded to form a bottle supporting saddle portion having two sup porting legs spread to straddle the body of an infant, a cross-bar detachably connecting the ends of the logs, and a flexible member arranged to extend from one portion of the saddle to another over the bottle to yieldably retain the same in the saddle.

2. A. holder for nursing bottles, comprising a wire frame having an inwardl curvod saddle portion 7 to form a loop at either end. of said saddle. two supporting legs connecting said saddle and spaced to straddle the body of an infant, a cross-bar for releasably connecting the ends of the legs, and a flexible member having a hook to be detaohably connected to one of said loops and to extend over the bottle in the saddle and yieldably retain the same therein.

I n testimony whereof I afix my signature.

ERNEST J. BATTY.

the wire being bent 

